Thankful that I belong

"Be anxious about nothing..."
Do I really belong here? And if I belong here, what if the job I get is in a place where I don't belong?
Do people see me and wonder why I am trespassing somewhere I don't belong? Is it normal for me to feel out of place wherever I go and once I feel like I fit, something happens to throw me back into that world of uncertainty? At church in my Sunday school classroom there is a shelf full of puzzles, and on that shelf there are a pile of puzzle pieces. These extra puzzle pieces don't seem to belong to any of the puzzles we have. I tried to match up all the pieces with all the puzzles and realized that some pieces just don't have a home. Sometimes I feel like a puzzle piece on a shelf, unclaimed by any of the puzzle boards.

Casting this fear of not belonging aside I want to hold fast to the truth of belonging to Christ. I am so thankful for being a part of the body of Christ. Jesus said that if I accept Him then I can be a part of His family! What an honor to be a part of God's family! He is my Father and I am His daughter, and He loves me for who I am! He took that puzzle piece off the shelf because He has already created a puzzle board that would fit me. He created me with a special design so that I could fit into His puzzle. I am thankful that I belong to God! The Bible says that once we belong to God, no one can snatch us out of His hand! What a beautiful picture, sitting in the palm of His hand, protected from everything that could hurt us! We belong to God!